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SynthesisQuality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation2017

A systematic review of measurement properties of patient-reported outcome measures for use in patients with foot or ankle diseases.

Yuanxi Jia, Hsiaomin Huang, Joel J Gagnier

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Synthesis in Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  2. The role of early weight bearing in the aftertreatment of unilateral displaced intraarticular calcaneal fractures: a systematic review and pooled analysis.Journal of orthopaedics and traumatology : official journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology · 2025
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  4. Treatments for Morton's neuroma.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024
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  5. Ankle fractures: a systematic review of patient-reported outcome measures and their measurement properties.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2023
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  11. COSMIN reporting guideline for studies on measurement properties of patient‑reported outcome measures: version 2.0.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2025
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  13. Clinical relevance of current patient-reported outcome measures for ankle fracture: surgeons' perspective.OTA international : the open access journal of orthopaedic trauma · 2024
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  16. Foot and Ankle Outcome Instruments: Missing the Target.Current reviews in musculoskeletal medicine · 2023
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  20. Use of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures in Lower Extremity Research.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Yuanxi JiaBloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Hsiaomin HuangDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Joel J GagnierDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. jgagnier@med.umich.edu.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo identify currently available patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) used in patients with foot or ankle diseases; and to critically appraise, compare and synthesize the psychometric evidence for the identified PROMs.

methodsLiterature searches were performed in Medline and EMBASE from their inception to January 25th, 2016. Methodological quality was evaluated using the COSMIN checklist. The final rating of the methodological quality of each study for each property was the lowest rating among the items within that property. The psychometric evidence of the properties investigated in the included articles was assessed using the quality criteria established by Terwee et al. The methodological quality ratings and psychometric evidence assessments were synthesized using the method first proposed by Schellingerhout et al.

resultsIn total, 3077 articles were identified by the literature search, from which 115 studies investigating 50 PRO instruments were included in the review process. The Foot Function Index (FFI) was the most explored instrument, while the Manchester-Oxford Foot Questionnaire (MOXFQ) demonstrated the best properties.

conclusionMost PROMs on foot and ankle diseases have limited evidence for their psychometric properties. The MOXFQ, with the highest overall ratings, could be a useful PROM for evaluating patients with foot or ankle diseases, based on current available evidence. More research is needed to improve the quality of the standards used to assess PROMs and the studies making these assessments.

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Patient Reported Outcome MeasuresAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAnkleFootHumansMiddle AgedPsychometricsQuality of LifeSurveys and QuestionnairesYoung AdultAnkle diseaseFoot diseaseMethodologyOutcome measuresPsychometricsSystematic review

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PMID28315178

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